Ascension Business Report

Welcome to Ascension Business Report, the source for local business news across one of the Capital Region’s fastest-growing parishes. Backed by the team at the
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, it covers the openings, expansions, real estate deals, and people shaping Gonzales, Prairieville, Donaldsonville, and beyond.
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Ascension Parish eyed for potential $350M manufacturing facility

A Chinese-owned producer of materials for rechargeable batteries is considering building a $350 million...

Home prices in Baton Rouge increasing slower than national average

While the average sales price of homes in the Baton Rouge area has been going up, prices are not rising as rapidly in the Capital Region as they are in the rest of the country.  

Denham Springs industrial pipe fabricator investing $4.3M to expand facilities

Denham Springs-based Pipe and Steel Industrial Fabricators is investing $4.3 million in an expansion of its Livingston Parish manufacturing facilities.

See which Capital Region companies were selected for LED’s accelerator program 

Seven Capital Region businesses were selected to participate in Louisiana Economic Development’s annual Diversity...

Find out which Baton Rouge-area schools are among Louisiana’s best 

Three of Louisiana’s top 10 highest-scoring school systems and four of the state’s best-scoring...

See who the headliners are for two-day country music festival set for Gonzales

The Capital Region is getting a country music festival in April—its first since Bayou Country Superfest went on hiatus. 

P-Beau’s to reopen. See what else is coming up for the Making Raving Fans restaurant group

P-Beau’s, a Denham Springs restaurant closed for about a year after a fire, will reopen in the coming weeks, says Peter Sclafani, partner with Making Raving Fans Hospitality Group.

Longtime Donaldsonville insurance company acquired

Bourg Insurance, based out of Donaldsonville, has been acquired by Texas-based Higginbotham, one of the largest independent insurance, financial and HR services firms headquartered in Texas and one of the top firms in the country. 

CF Industries plans $75 million in upgrades to Donaldsonville facility

CF Industries is investing $75 million into its Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex. 

Capital Region housing market cool front continues 

The Capital Region’s housing market is continuing to shift and tighten, according to the latest data released by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors. 
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